From 2006 to 2009, the Trojans’ defensive third down conversion rate ranked among the best nationally, regularly stifling opposing offenses on third downs. That success, however, ended in 2010, as USC allowed its opponents to convert on third down more than 43 percent of the time. USC’s Opponent Third Down Conversion Rate: 2010: 43.82 percent [...]
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Support now missing for football program
It’s late August on USC’s University Park campus. Must mean it’s time to get psyched up for Trojan excellence in the 2012 Summer Olympics, right? That’s what the athletic department would have you think. The east side of Heritage Hall was recently adorned with a smattering of banners celebrating the amazing feats of USC athletes [...]
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I woke up yesterday to an email from USC football announcing Tuesday’s “Trojan Day” at L.A. Live. USC coach Lane Kiffin, his father Monte and Ed Orgeron will be there signing autographs. Season tickets will be available for purchase. But the most promising part of the email was written in all capitals at the top: [...]
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Statistically, USC’s defense was among the worst in school history last season.
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Let me start off by dispelling the notion that patience is a virtue when it comes to following sports. In fact, I am convinced that whoever came up with that thought-provoking proverb never had to experience the agony of watching his team lose on gut-wrenching, last-second drives two weeks in a row. We live in [...]
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Despite Matt Barkley’s five touchdown passes, defense outshines offense in practice.
Read the rest of this article »A third member of the Kiffin family joins the USC football staff.
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Lane Kiffin and most of the USC football coaching staff will host the annual football clinic.
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James Cregg, who has worked with Lane Kiffin before, has been named assistant coach.
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The most shocking part of USC’s decision to hire Lane Kiffin as its next football coach is the level of shock exhibited by everyone else. It seemed as if the whole college football world — fans, media members and other coaches — recoiled in horror as the news broke. But there was at least one [...]
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